Assembly; Install Handle; Install Speed Selector Rod; Install Traction Rod - Toro 824 XL Power Throw 38084 Manuel De L'utilisateur

Assembly

Note: Determine left and right sides of
snowthrower by standing in the normal
operating position.

Install Handle

1. Remove tie straps securing control rods to
handle.
2. Remove the axle pins from both wheels (Fig. 2)
and slide the wheels outward on the axle
approximately one inch to make clearance for
assembly of handles.
3. Hold handles in installation position and insert
traction rod through loop in lower traction rod
(Fig. 3).
IMPORTANT: Make sure chute control rod
assembly is between engine and traction rod
(Fig. 4).
4. Position left handle against side of unit, align
handle mount holes with holes in side plate, and
secure with two capscrews and curved washers
until finger tight (Fig. 2).
Note: Concave side of curved washer goes
against outside of handle.
Repeat procedure on right side. Make sure
handles are at same height before tightening
handle screws on both sides of unit.
5. Reinstall the wheels. Note that there are two
holes in each end of the axle. Axle pins are
installed through holes in the wheel hub and
through inner hole of axle (Fig. 5).
Note: If snowthrower is to be equipped with
optional tire chains, wheels must be
pinned through outer axle holes.

Install Speed Selector Rod

1. Pull speed selector arm (Fig. 6) to the fully "out"
position and move speed selector (Fig. 19) on
control panel to the R
ease assembly.
2. Rotate speed selector rod in trunnion (Fig. 7)
until bottom end of rod can be slipped into hole
in speed selector arm (Fig. 6).
3. Install speed selector rod into selector arm, add
one flat washer on the rod and secure with cotter
pin (Fig. 6).
Note: If speed selector will not move into
fifth gear, an adjustment is necessary:
refer to Adjusting Speed Selector,
page 23.
If unit speed does not meet your preference once
you have started unit, additional adjustment of
the speed selector is needed. Refer to Adjusting
Speed Selector, page 23.

Install Traction Rod

1. Slide spring onto bottom of traction control rod
(Fig. 8).
2. Thread a flange lock nut (flange side up) onto
bottom of traction control rod below spring
(Fig. 8).
3. Adjust flange lock nut up or down on traction
control rod until the distance between the top of
the handgrip and the bottom of the traction
control lever (Fig. 19) is approximately
five inches (Fig. 9). This is a preliminary
setting only.
4. Move speed selector (Fig. 19) into fifth gear.
5. Slowly pull machine backward while slowly
depressing traction control lever toward handle.
Adjustment is correct when wheels stop turning
and the distance between the top of the handgrip
and the bottom of the traction control lever is
(REVERSE) position to
2
GB–11